Do they seem intelligent, like they are "real" but other people can't see them, or can you tell they're just something in your head? I believe demons and ghosts could exist and I hear stories. But something like this is interesting because it could help with a lot of unanswered questions people have about the "other side"

i'm pretty sure it's all in my head. i've done a very large amount of drugs in the past so i feel like that is the reason why i hallucinate. when i was going through withdrawals these hallucinations were at their peaks, so i don't feel like this could help answer those questions.
as for them seeming intelligent, they just kinda stood there and stared.

Have you ever tried... talking with them? If they are a hallucinations (as I'm likely to believe), you would learn quite a lot about yourself by talking to apparitions your own mind has created for yourself. If they're not hallucinations... well, wouldn't that be very interesting? Either way, please do update after trying.

never. they're way too freaky looking and are usually too far away for me to walk close enough to. i'm getting used to it, maybe one day i'll try. if i can gather up the courage to do it i definitely will

it was when i used to crash at my friends dorm at pepperdine university (malibu, california). the college is a christian school, which makes this even freakier for me. i came back late at night around 3:30 am, and i was walking up this hill to get to myfriends dorm. i had this really odd, hovering feeling so i turned around and i saw this "the ring" esque girl that looked like she was covered in white paint from head to toe except her hair. i freaked so i started walking faster but i couldn't stop looking back, and every time i did, she got closer. i ended up booking it and slamming the door behind me, but i saw her through the window.
staring at me

i looked it up, but a lot of descriptions of being schizophrenic that ive seen says it's like... voices telling you that you're inadequate or something. i did hear voices as well, but yeah. sorry if my grammar is off i'm really tired

nah i can't afford it, being the broke college student that i am. i've asked my parents before, and they didn't and still don't believe me so i gave up. once i have the means i definitely will, it'd be nice not to freak out all the time. thanks! i appreciate it

Do you think you might be depressed? You might have psychotic depression, although I'd imagine those would be telling you things along the lines of you being inadequate... However my point is that Schizophrenia is not the one and only mental disorder that causes people to hallucinate. Also, schizophrenia is such a case by case illness that it is impossible to describe a normal case of it.

Go to a doctor. As soon as you possibly can. The name of your illness doesn't matter, its still happening to you, right? It won't suddenly turn worse by having a name for it. It's exactly the opposite: you will be freeing yourself from it when you ask for help.

Do you think that if you never were exposed to demonic material or knew what demons are "supposed" to look like that you would still see creatures like the girl from the ring and your run-of-the-mill variety demons in your hallucinations?

hmm that's a good question. i probably wouldn't have seen these types of things if i've never seen them before, so it'd probably be whatever my mind thinks is evil. however, i once saw a man in a gorilla suit (somehow i knew it was a man inside) touching his toes for hours at my community pool.
it was interesting.

My sister is schizophrenic. You won't be committed, unless you're totally out of your head. Even then probably not for long. Mental health is completely underfunded and they really don't want to keep you there any more than they have to, and there is a limitation for how long they can keep you against your will anyway.

The far more likely scenario, you go see a psychiatrist, get diagnosed and start trials of medications to see what combination will do the job. Which, if you're a younger person, is the way to go because these things don't just go away, they tend to spiral downhill. Unless you like the idea of being that guy on the street corner screaming nonsense at everyone walking by.

i probably should, i've told my parents about it but they don't believe me cause asians don't believe in doctors; i would go myself but im a broke ass college student and i don't think i could afford the bills. my insurance is pretty crap and i've been using it for other injuries and stuff. thanks for the info though i'll definitely keep it in mind.

You might not. If you actually know that something weird is going on and you can tell the difference mostly between the reality and what isn't, most likely you will just go to a psychiatrist or something and then receive medication. I think only if you are a danger to yourself or others you will get committed. (My reletive has bi polar and schizophrenia a bit. He was seeing a man walk around and felt a man "possess him" (that's the I polar part) he knew the difference and was never committed)

Why did this person kill themselves? Do you know? Also, when did you start seeing this stuff?

that's bipolar? i had no idea. that happened to me before as well, where a man (it was me, but it felt... evil, cheesily enough) but yeah, i can tell the difference.
i have no idea why this person killed him/herself. i just heard about it because a friend of mine used to live in the house i live in now.
it was after my freshman year of college, about 2 years ago, when i was trying to quit my Rx addictions and the withdrawals were at its worst. for some reason it stuck

He described bipolar as a guy takes over and he does things he wouldn't typically do. I also kind of think he knew it was happening when it was. My sister and I noticed while he was in a manic state too he would have "grey eyes" that looked blank, or like he was sleeping and not quite awake. I'm not sure if that's normal in all people with bi polar but that was definitely one of the first things we would notice. (Even a friend do the family saw it one day a bit confused by it) He used to self medicate with alcohol when things started to feel weird just to feel "normal again" until of course it stopped working. Did you find you started the Rx addiction because of something like that?

that's pretty spot on for me. i felt like someone kinda just took over me and started doing weird things and it was hard to stop, and i was aware it was happening. friends would say i would seem very distant and not really functioning normally
i feel like it was because of the Rx addiction, which started for completely different reasons. i tried to quit cold turkey and weird things started happening

Cold turkey I find never really has good affects. This person I know drank a 40 a day (sometimes more!) of hard liquor and eventually started getting liver problems. His body was used to having that much a day that when he went cold turkey it sent his body weird. He was 49 and his body couldn't handle it and he ended up passing away because he was already weak in the first place.

This is besides the point. I'm very glad you got off your addiction! How long has it been?

This isn't really the same but I've had addictions to both gambling shopping (a different times) and I stopped both cold turkey style. That was tough! I went through all the stages with things like begging, depression, bartering, anger or elevated stress and anxiety just because I couldn't have my "high" from getting new things or winning money. I know, it sound ridiculous and people tease me about it but it feels just terrible until you let go. I slipped up the other day. My mom wa stressing me out and I bought new clothes and a variety of other things. At least I see it and don't continue I guess. ( I used to buy everything and hide it. You would find bags and boxes of things I forgot I even bought. I was in terrible debt too for a long time.)

Anyway enough about me. Did you look into that free psych at the university someone else mentioned?

oh yeah definitely. going cold turkey, although it worked, was one of the worst experiences of my life. the hallucations were at their peaks and it was literally a living nightmare. i'm sorry to hear about that.
it's been 2 and a half years (give or take) since i've been addicted to Rx, but i taken some...things but only occasionally and never depended on it since then.
my uncle was addicted to gambling and it destroyed his family, so i, if only a little bit, understand that it is a very real and very destructive addiction.
i know about it, however i no longer go to a university but a city college, and it doesn't really have any real psych programs except like someone who'll listen to you rant.